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mute s. [
tongueless, unspoken, wordless] expressed without speech; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe
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mute n. [
deaf-mute, deaf-and-dumb person] a deaf person who is unable to speak
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mute v. [
muffle, dull, damp, dampen, tone down] deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
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mute n. a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
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mute s. [
dumb, silent] unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
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